Sunrise 4A Region

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The Sunrise 4A Region is a part of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association and is one of two conferences in Southern Nevada 4A high school athletics. The Sunrise Region consists of large schools in Henderson, Nevada and on the eastern parts of Las Vegas and North Las Vegas, Nevada. There are two division in the Sunrise 4A Region, Northeast and Southeast. The Sunrise 4A Region was a part of the Southern Nevada 4-A Region, until the conference was divided into two separate regions before the 2000-01 school year due to the constant expansion and development of new high schools in the Las Vegas Valley. Sunrise Mountain High School joined the Northeast Division most recently, during the 2009-10 school year.

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Current members

Northeast League
SchoolMascotLocationEnrollment
Canyon Springs Pioneers N. Las Vegas 2,595
Chaparral Cowboys Paradise 2,583
Desert Pines Jaguars Las Vegas 2,572
Eldorado Sun Devils Sunrise Manor 1,832
Las Vegas Wildcats Sunrise Manor 3,080
Rancho Rams N. Las Vegas 3,243
Sunrise MountainMiners Sunrise Manor 2,323
Valley Vikings Las Vegas 2,851
Southeast League
SchoolMascotLocationEnrollment
Basic Wolves Henderson 2,557
Coronado Cougars Henderson 3,022
Del Sol Dragons Paradise 2,266
Foothill Falcons Henderson 2,583
Green Valley Gators Henderson 2,879
Liberty Patriots Henderson 2,225
Silverado Skyhawks Paradise 2,496
SECTA Roadrunners Paradise 1,868

Of these schools; Rancho, Las Vegas, Eldorado and Basic are charter members of the Sunrise 4A League, and are former Sunrise Division schools along with Western High School. Chaparral and Valley, former members of the Sunset Division, joined the league in the 1990s.

Moapa Valley High School and Boulder City High School have affiliate member status in tennis.

Enrollment figures as reported in each school's Clark County School District 200910 School Accountability Summary Report. Sunrise Mountain's enrollment figures based on that reported by an independent source.

Proposed realignment

In June 2011, the NIAA's Southern Realignment Committee approved a realignment of Sunrise 4A Region, Sunset 4A Region and Southern 3A Region that would place 24 teams from Class 4A into Class 4ADivision I and 13 teams, including 3A members Boulder City, Moapa Valley and Virgin Valley, into Class 4ADivision II. The teams were placed into divisions using a point-based rubric that took into account each school's finish in all sports for the 200910 and 201011 school years. Points were awarded for qualifying for the postseason in most sports, with higher point totals awarded for postseason victories and teams that won region or state titles. [1]

The proposal will be discussed by the NIAA's Board of Governors in late June 2011 and is expected to be approved by the board in October 2011 at a meeting in Las Vegas scheduled for October 2011. [2]

The proposed lineup for the two divisions for the Sunrise 4A Region are:

Sports

The Sunrise 4A Region sponsors thirteen sports divided into three seasons: Fall, Winter, and Spring. Sports that are competed during the Fall Season include:

Sports that are competed during the Winter Season include:

Sports that are competed during the Spring Season include:

Several sports including Roller Hockey and Lacrosse are sponsored by some of the conference's schools but are independent of the NIAA and the Sunrise Conference.

Football rivalries

There are seven prominent football rivals involving schools within the Sunrise 4A region; one, the Bone Game between Las Vegas and Rancho, is the oldest, continual football rivalry in the state, starting in the 1930s. [3]

Within the Sunrise 4A Region

SchoolsFirst
Meeting
GameTrophyReigning Champion
(Last Meeting)
All-time Record
Las VegasRancho1930s The Bone Game Sir Herkimer's Bone Las Vegas, 386 (2019)Las Vegas leads 38251 [4]
ChaparralEldorado1973 Battle for Merlin's Cleat Merlin's Cleat Chaparral, 3522 (2021)Chaparral leads 3314
BasicGreen Valley1991Henderson BowlHenderson BowlGreen Valley, 4621 (2021)Green Valley leads 2010
EldoradoLas Vegas1993Battle of Frenchman MountainLas Vegas, 520 (2019)
BasicFoothill1999Battle for Boulder HighwayFoothill, 210 (2019)Foothill leads 147
FoothillSilverado2001Battle for the Victory BellVictory BellFoothill, 4018 (2017)Foothill leads 134


Outside of the Sunrise 4A Region

SchoolsFirst
Meeting
GameTrophyReigning Champion
(Last Meeting)
Next
Meeting
All-time Record
BasicBoulder City1940sBasic-Boulder City Jug GameMilk JugBasic, 207 (2011)2012Basic leads 31152

2009-10 champions

Fall
SportNortheast ChampionSoutheast ChampionRegional Champion
Boys' Cross Country ValleyN/AGreen Valley
Girls' Cross Country N/AN/ACoronado
Football Las VegasDel SolDel Sol
Girls' Golf N/AN/AGreen Valley
Boys' Soccer Las VegasTechLas Vegas
Boys' Tennis EldoradoCoronadoCoronado
Girls' Tennis Canyon SpringsLibertyLiberty
Girls' Volleyball Las VegasGreen Valley
Silverado
Green Valley

2008-09 champions

Fall
SportNortheast ChampionSoutheast ChampionRegional Champion
Boys' Cross Country ValleyN/AGreen Valley
Girls' Cross Country N/AN/ACoronado
Football Las VegasBasic
Green Valley
Del Sol
Las Vegas
Girls' Golf N/AN/ASilverado
Boys' Soccer Las VegasTechSilverado
Boys' Tennis EldoradoCoronadoCoronado
Girls' Tennis Las VegasCoronado
Green Valley
Silverado
Green Valley
Girls' Volleyball RanchoGreen Valley
Silverado
Silverado
Winter
SportNortheast ChampionSoutheast ChampionRegional Champion
Boys' Basketball EldoradoFoothill
Silverado
Eldorado
Girls' Basketball Desert PinesGreen ValleyGreen Valley
Boys' Bowling RanchoSilveradoSilverado
Girls' Bowling EldoradoCoronadoEldorado
Girls' Soccer RanchoCoronadoCoronado
Wrestling Las VegasGreen ValleyLas Vegas
Spring
SportNortheast ChampionSoutheast ChampionRegional Champion
Baseball Las VegasGreen ValleyTBD
Boys' Golf N/AN/ATBD
Boys' Volleyball Las VegasCoronadoTBD
Softball ValleyGreen ValleyTBD
Boys' Swimming/Diving N/AN/ATBD
Girls' Swimming/Diving N/AN/ATBD
Boys' Track N/AN/ATBD
Girls' Track ValleyN/ATBD

Notes and references

  1. Brewer, Ray (June 13, 2011). "Realignment plan could put prep football teams in lower division". Las Vegas Sun . Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  2. Davis, Bartt (June 7, 2011). "Committee approves proposal to split 4A into two divisions". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
  3. Silver, Steve (October 15, 2008). "The battle of the bone takes center stage". Las Vegas Sun . Retrieved August 29, 2009.
  4. Although Las Vegas and Rancho have been playing each other since the 1930s, Sir Herkimer's Bone has only been awarded since 1957. The current series record is for games since 1957.

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